End-gate



(No Model.)

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' END GATE.

No. 361,854. Patented Apr. 26, 1887.

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' ATTORN themes STATES PATENT- @FFICE.

CHARLES FREMONT BASSETT, OF HILLSDALE, INDIANA.

EN D-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 361,854, dated April 26, 1887.

Application filed February 10, 1887. Serial No. 227,121. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES FREMONT BlissETT, of Hillsdale, in the county of Vermillion and State of Indiana, have invented a new and Improved End-Gate, of which the fol lowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to wagons; and it has for its objects the provision of such conveyances with an attachment which maybe applied to either or both ends thereof, will act either as an end-gate, scoop-board, or dumpgate, may be placed and held at any desired angle, is capable ofbeing removed or applied at will, will prevent the sides of the wagon from spreading, and also prevent the contents of the wagon from spilling out at the ends of the gate when dumped or unloaded by scoop-shovels.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a wagonbody in part with my improved end-gate attached thereto; Fig. 2, a central longitudinal section of the same, showing in full the gate down and other positions of said gate in dotted lines; and Fig.3, a vertical sectional end view of the wagon-body on the line 00 x of Fig. 2, showing the attachment of the gate thereto, the gate being shown in elevation and with parts broken away.

Referring to said drawings, A is the bed of the wagon, and B B are its sides.

0 is the end-gate, having at either end the quadrant wing a a, each provided with apertures b b and an outwardly-extending eye, 0, and having a right-angled offset, (2, adapted to be secured to the outer face of the gate by bolts passing through the offset and gate,said offsets forming clamps for the gate ends.

6 e are posts bolted to the sides B B at their ends. In the posts e and sides B are made sockets f, having an enlarged portion, f, as shown. v

g is a cleat bolted beneath the wagon-bed,

to which the posts 6 e are secured, and having near its ends,inside the sides B, sockets h h. i i are hinge-plates loosely pivoted in rabbets in the ends of the gate at its lower edge on pivots m m.

h h are locking-pins having their extremities bent at a right angle to form hooks of unequal length, the inner hooked end; 12, being the shorter one, said pins and their hooked ends it fitting in the sockets f and their enlarged portion f.

Z is a strap or band secured to the upper edge of the gate 0, and has its ends extended and bent downward at a right angle to embrace the sides of the wagon and lock said sides and the gate together.

The gate 0, constructed as described, is passed between the ends of the sides B B, the plates 71 i are inserted in the sockets h h, and the gate is then raised, said gate turning on the pivots m on until its lower edge rests upon the cleat g and against the end of the bed A, its wings a a taking the position shown by the curved dotted lines in Fig. 2, the pins It being drawn out so that their ends a enter the sockets f at f. The gate is then looked in place by slightly raising the inner ends of the pins and pushing them forward through the eyes c,and then allowing them to take the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3. Said gate may be unlocked and removed by reversing the operation above described and lifting it out of the sockets h h; or

it may be unlocked and set at any desired angle by withdrawing the pins h and passing them through the opposite apertures b b,causing the gate to stand diagonally to the wagonbed, as is indicated by the diagonal dotted lines in Fig. 2, or be lowered to the plane of the wagon-bed, as shown also in full lines in Fig. 2. The pins h,being bent at each end,are prevented from slipping out of place by any jolting'or jarring of the wagon and thus unlocking the gate. The ends of the band or strap Z on the upper edge of the gate 0, being bent down over the sides B B, prevent any tendency of said sides to be spread apart by the contents of the wagon, and the plates 7; i and pins h h prevent the gate from being pushed out.

A gate, 0, may be attached to both ends of the wagon, thus permitting its contents to be discharged simultaneously at its front and rear. This is of great advantage, as it saves time in the delivery of coal, corn, grain, or any freight which has to be unloaded by scoopshovels. Said freight may also be dumped out of the gate, the wings a a preventing it from spreading or spilling at the ends of the gate.

A wagon provided at each end with my improved gate may be used to transport lengthy lumber, trees, poles, rails, 850., either by removing the gates or by unlocking them and 5 lowering them to the level of the wagon-bed.

(See Fig. 2.)

My improved end-gate is simple in construction, is easily applied and removed, has no long cumbrous rods about it or loose parts to become displaced or lost, has no threads or channels to become filled up, rusty, or worn out, has no hooks to become bent, and no springs to become broken.

Having thus fully described myinvention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,'is-- 1. An end-gate for wagons, loosely hingejointed at its inner lower edge to the bed of v the wagon and provided with inwardly-pro- 20 jecting quadrant wings at either end and at a right angle with said gate, adapted to be engaged by double hooked locking-pins adj ustable horizontally in the sides of the wagon, whereby said gate may be locked to said sides at any desired angle with the plane of the wagon-bed, substantially as described and shown.

2. In awagon end-gate, the quadrant wings a, having the offsets d integral therewith, said go offsets being bent inward at right angles to said wings and adapted to fit around and beneath the ends of the gate to form clamps an supports for said gate, as set forth.

3. In a wagon end-gate, the quadrant wings a, having the eyes 0 integral therewith, said 35 eyes projecting outward at right angles to said gate and being adapted to receive the inner hooked ends, a, of double-hooked lockingpins 70, adjustable horizontally in the slots f f in the sides of the wagon, as set forth.

4. In an end-gate for wagons, the gate 0, bed A, and cleat g, in combination with the hinge-plates it and pivots m m, as shown and described, whereby in all positions of the gate its inner lower edge is maintained on a level 5 with the bed A, as set forth.

5. In an end-gate for wagons, the combination, with the body A, sides B, cleat 9, provided with sockets h, and the gate G,provided with hinge-plates 1;, and wings a, having ap- 5 ertures 1;, eyes 0, and offsets d, of the double hooked locking-pins is, having their extremi ties bent at a right angle to form hooks of'unequal length, said pins adapted to be adjusted horizontally in slots ff in the sides of the 5 wagon, as set forth.

6. In a wagon end-gate, the combination of the gate 0, provided with wings a, constructed as herein shown and described, and the sides B B with the strap Z, having its extremities 6o bent downward at a right angle and adapted to close over said sides and lock the gate and sides together, as set forth.

CHARLES FREMONT BASSET'I.

Witnesses:

JAY V. COLE, WM. F. TINEHER. 

